Hyde5: Five things we learned from Heat's 2-0 lead

1. Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are unstoppable when they're on. No surprise there. Or is it? One of the pet theories before this season was that Wade and James couldn't play together. That undersold how smart they are, how much they want to win.

But if anyone was to stop them this post-season, Boston was. It was the best defensive team in the league this regular season in holding teams to 91.13 points on 43.4 percent shooting (that shooting percentage was tied with the Heat at second behind Chicago).

So? So the Heat scored 99 and 102 points in the first two games and shot 46.2 percent. Wade scored 38 and 28 points. LeBron scored 22 and 35. Game 2 was telling of how smart the Big Two are in sharing the ball to assure the hottest one stays hot.

Wade got hot in the second quarter and took seven shots for 10 points. But when LeBron got hot in the second half, it became his time. He made 9 of 13 second-half shots for 24 points. Whatever Boston's defense-first team did, it didn't matter.

2. Boston is looking old. The question entering this series was whether the Celtics had one more spring run in their legs. Ray Allen is 35. Kevin Garnett is 35 this month. Paul Pierce is 33. Those aren't prime-time ages like the Heat's Big Three - LeBron is 26, Wade is 29 and Bosh is 27. Just by that alone, the Heat's stars should shine. Boston is fortunate the TV schedule-makers wanted this series on Saturday night. That gives the Celtics four days to heal. "That's an advantage for them,'' Wade said.

3. I'm a believer in Joel Anthony. It took me a while. And he's the rare - unique? - player whose stat sheet doesn't tell the whole story. From Game 2, it said six points, five rebounds and three blocked shots. In 34 minutes, that's impactful. It neutralized anything Boston had at center in Jermaine O'Neal (8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 blocked shot in 18 minutes) and Big Baby Davis (6 points, 2 rebounds in 25 minutes). But Anthony had more energy, is a good complement to what the Big Three need and made the play of the night. In the fourth quarter with the Heat up by 5 points, he tipped an offensive rebound from Big Baby Davis, then tapped it to LeBron James for a dunk and foul to have the Heat set sail to victory.

4. This is an A-plus show of basketball. If you like the sport, if you enjoy great players amid great theater, this series is everything you'd want through two games. Even the South Florida crowd was good. The games go beyond just Wade and LeBron. It's the great competition and grand atmosphere. A Heat-Lakers finals might prove better because the stakes are the highest. But this series is as-advertised through two games.

5. The Heat are unquestionably the team to beat right now. Things shift quickly. If Boston finds the elixir of youth and holds serve the next two games, we're back to the start. But look around the league. No one's playing at the level of the Heat right now. Chicago is being exposed as not having a next playoff gear. The Lakers? They lost to Dallas, which feels very good about itself right now. Memphs and Oklahoma City are having nice runs, but haven't shown they're ready for the big stage just yet. The Heat are the clear favorite to win the title early in the second round.